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1. What is the name of the enzyme that combines carbon dioxide and water to create carbonic acid?

2.Contraction of just the _________________ is enough to increase the volume of the thoracic cavity in pulmonary ventilation.

3.Internal respiration takes place between the Blank 1 blood and the Blank 2 cells

4.What muscles allow for exhalation when they relax? the Blank 1 and the Blank 2 Blank 3

5. Chemoreceptors in the periphery sense changes in pH or PCO2 of the Blank 1, which will trigger the Blank 2 area in the medulla to increase contraction of thoracic muscles, leading to Blank 3, helping to expel excess carbon dioxide.

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1. What is the name of the enzyme that combines carbon dioxide and water to create carbonic acid? .The enzyme is called carbonic anhydrase located in the brush borders of the cells of the ...

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